Podcasts

Angeli Akey, MD, FACP, ABIHM/ABOIM, IFMCP, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss why healing the fascia is critical to recovering from chronic disease in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.

Christian Asare, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the connection between chronic pain, aging, and cellular senescence in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.

Eboni Cornish, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how to use SPECT imaging as a diagnostic tool to evaluate and manage chronic infections in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.

Everest Goldstein, M.Ed, MSN, PMHNP-BC, IFMCP, and Ashley Madsen, PA-C, HHC, join Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss sexual wellness from the biopsychosocial perspective in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.

About the Experts

Everest Goldstein is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner certified in functional medicine. She was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and then obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Princeton University. Following Princeton, she worked for Teach for America as a bilingual elementary school teacher, administrator, and curriculum developer. During this time, she also received her Master of Education from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Realizing the great need for mental health services in this community, Everest decided to follow her passion and earned her Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner degree at Vanderbilt University. In order to better provide holistic care to her patients, Everest completed her functional medicine certification through the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Ashley Madsen is a board-certified physician associate, speaker, and educator.  Ms. Madsen’s passion lies in functional medicine and longevity science, receiving clinical training from Stanford University, the Institute for Functional Medicine, the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine.  Over the span of her career she has worked with elite athletes, top business leaders, and tech innovators in their quest to optimize performance and change their health trajectory.  Ms. Madsen holds advanced training in hormone therapy, genomics, cellular medicine, peptide therapy, and IV hydration.  Her growing passion for preventing and reversing chronic inflammatory disease has influenced her treatment approach.  She is currently the Clinical Director of Wellness at Ethos Aesthetics & Wellness, and a Co-Founder of Athena Healthspan.

Darshan Shah, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss an integrative approach to using GLP-1 injectables in clinical practice in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.

Elisa Song, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the connection between environmental toxins and chronic disease in children in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.

JJ Virgin, CNS, BCHN, EP-C, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss how to build and maintain quality muscle for optimal metabolic health in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.

Joel Evans, MD, and Emily Stein, PhD, join Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the relationship between the oral microbiome and women’s health in a live interview at the 2025 Integrative Healthcare Symposium.

About the Experts

Joel M. Evans, MD, a board-certified OB/GYN and international lecturer, is the Director of The Center for Functional Medicine in Ridgefield, CT. He is also the Chief of Medical Affairs for the Institute for Functional Medicine. He continues to serve as the external lead of IFM Advanced Practice Module in Hormone Health since its inception in 2011 and was a Co-Creator of the IFM course on COVID-19, lead its Post-Covid Initiative and has co-authored three published papers on the pandemic. 

Emily Stein, PhD is co-founder and CEO of Primal Health LLC, a Life Sciences company aiming to revolutionize oral and systemic health through the development of novel oral microbiome modulatory products, with a current focus on the root cause of biofilm-related oral diseases. She brings a deep understanding of the intricacies of the bacterial-human interface to preventative healthcare.

Frank Lipman, MD, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss his career in integrative medicine after being honored as a pioneer in the field at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium’s 20^th anniversary celebration.

Kathie Swift, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, EBQ, joins Integrative Practitioner Content Specialist Avery St. Onge to discuss the evolution of integrative medicine after being honored as a pioneer in the field at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium’s 20^th anniversary celebration.